Patents by Inventor W. Stephens

W. Stephens has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Publication number: 20050228484
    Abstract: A modular endovascular graft wherein the graft body sections may be secured to each other by a variety of methods, including attachment elements having inflatable circumferential channels that interlock with other inflatable channels, recessed pockets or the like. Embodiments may have inflatable cuffs for sealing against an inside surface of a patient's fluid flow lumen, such as a blood vessel. Embodiments may also include expandable stents secured to and extending from ends of the various graft body sections for mechanically securing the graft, or sections thereof, to the patient's fluid vessels.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 11, 2005
    Publication date: October 13, 2005
    Applicant: TriVascular, Inc.
    Inventors: W. Stephens, Jenine Vinluan, Issac Zacharias